Doctor Zhivago Director: David Lean Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine Chaplin
DVD - 2 Disc Set - Letterbox Learn more
- DVD Release Date: 11/06/2001
- Original Release: 1965
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New feature-length commentary by Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger and David Lean's wife, Sandra Lean; introduction by Sharif; 30th anniversary behind-the-scenes documentary: Doctor Zhivago: The Making Of A Russian Epic; 10 vintage documentaries profiling the production and its stars; music-only audio track highlighting Maurice Jarre's Oscar®- and Grammy-winning score; vintage audio sound bites of cast/director interviews and the December 1965 New York premiere; cast/director career highlights; theatrical trailer
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Side #1 -- Disc 1 Widescreen - Side A
0. Scene Selections
1. Overture. [4:24]
2. Credits. [2:47]
3. Yevgraf and Tonya. [6:10]
4. Laid to Rest. [3:11]
5. The Balalaika. [2:49]
6. Strangers on a Train. [2:13]
7. Lara and Pasha. [2:10]
8. Yuri and Lara. [4:08]
9. The Demonstration. [1:57]
10. Komarovsky. [3:13]
11. Ended: Dissent and Innocence. [5:44]
12. Tonya Comes Home. [2:07]
13. Pasha and the Gun. [2:54]
14. "You'll Always Come Back." [3:30]
15. Suicide Attempt. [5:55]
16. Yuri Sees Lara. [3:23]
17. Plain Speaking. [3:40]
18. Brute Force. [2:35]
19. The Christmas Party. [5:28]
20. Interwoven Destinies. [2:22]
21. Ringing Sorrow. [1:47]
22. War's Toll. [3:32]
23. Deserters Meet Replacements. [4:19]
24. "Are You a Nurse?" [2:25]
25. No More Czars. [4:02]
26. Understood. [3:00]
27. Farewells. [2:43]
28. Full House. [2:23]
29. "The Story's Out." [3:56]
30. Pilfering Firewood. [2:20]
31. Brothers Zhivago. [3:18]
32. Boarding the Train. [2:51]
33. The Only Free Man. [2:10]
34. Disinfecting. [3:33]
35. Another Passenger. [3:26]
36. "Strelnikov!" [1:49]
37. Intermission. [:58]
Side #2 -- Disc 1 Widescreen - Side B
0. Scene Selections
38. Entr'Acte. [1:59]
39. Through the Urals. [1:42]
40. With Strelnikov. [5:42]
41. Varykino. [3:30]
42. One of the People Too. [2:31]
43. No Going Back. [2:10]
44. Spring (Lara's Theme). [2:42]
45. Reunited. [4:56]
46. Between Two Women. [5:10]
47. Conscripted. [2:48]
48. Soldiers to Schoolboys. [3:25]
49. Turning Back. [4:34]
50. Yuriatin... and Lara. [4:09]
51. Tonya's Letter. [2:44]
52. Komarovsky's Help. [5:40]
53. Return to Varykino. [3:22]
54. Writing Again. [6:50]
55. Strelnikov's End. [3:55]
56. Final Farewell. [2:05]
57. A Mother's Duty. [1:10]
58. Yuri's Last Glimpse of Lara. [3:23]
59. Yevgraf's Last Glimpse of Lara. [1:17]
60. A Gift. [2:41]
61. Cast List. [1:45]
Side #3 -- Standard - Special Features
0. Dr. Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic
1. Introduction. [1:20]
2. Omar Sharif as Zhivago. [2:50]
3. Geraldine Chaplin. [2:01]
4. Julie Christie and Rod Steiger. [2:33]
5. Supporting Cast. [1:31]
6. David Lean. [2:39]
7. Train Incident. [1:59]
8. Boris Pasternak and His Times. [2:37]
9. The Real Lara. [1:55]
10. Published, Honored and Banned. [3:19]
11. Carlo Ponti. [2:28]
12. Robert Bolt. [1:51]
13. Locations. [2:32]
14. Shooting Begins. [6:31]
15. Cameraman. [3:33]
16. An Actor's Anxiety. [2:11]
17. Maurice Jarre. [5:07]
18. Phyllis Dalton. [5:41]
19. The Premiere; the Oscars. [2:41]
20. An Enduring Love Story. [2:53]
21. Dedication and End Credits. [2:02]
Editorial Reviews
The master of epics David Lean found the perfect source material in Doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak's phonebook-thick novel about the Russian Revolution, and the director turned in a tragic romance worthy of being considered alongside his classics The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia. Set in Russia during World War I and the fateful days of 1917, the film follows Dr. Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif), a well-respected poet as well as physician, and his true love, Lara (Julie Christie) as they struggle to hold onto each other in an era when life has become meaningless. Introduced before the war by the despicable cad Komarovsky (Rod Steiger), Yuri and Lara follow separate paths, only to be reunited during the Russian retreat from the front. Both married, they deny their love for one another and part, but they return to a world that has changed drastically: Lara discovers that her husband, the revolutionary scholar Pasha (Tom Courtenay), has become a ruthless general for the Red Army, adopting the name Strelnikov. Yuri returns to find his aristocratic home turned into a commune, and he and his wife Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin) soon must seek refuge in the countryside. The changes in their lives soon drive Yuri and Lara into each other's arms, seeking to live in happiness, if only briefly. Years later, Yuri's brother Yevgraf (Alec Guiness) tries to piece together their tragic story. Adapted for the screen by Robert Bolt (who also wrote Lawrence and A Man for All Seasons), Doctor Zhivago takes full advantage of its cataclysmic setting to push the limits of its love story. Once you've seen the film, it's hard to imagine again hearing the film's haunting "Lara's Theme" without feeling a slight lump in your throat. The close-captioned VHS Special Edition features a new digital transfer; newly remixed Dolby sound; an introduction by Sharif; 2 vintage documentaries, and a trailer. Matthew Johnson, Barnes & Noble
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